Diagnostic Description
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Dorsal fin moderately high. Anus in front of mid-body point. Body and fins darkish brown, with numerous snowflake-like patches. Skin of pericranium area with many small whitish spots. Corner of mouth blackish. Anal fin margin white, while edge of the dorsal and caudal fins are dark.
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
分布
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僅分布於臺灣北部及東部海域。本種的模式標本採自臺灣基隆的和平島。
利用
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曾見於生鮮海產店或在漁市販售,可供食用。由於是在臺灣所命名發表的新種鯙類,因此觀賞、飼養的價值也較高。
描述
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體延長而呈圓柱狀,尾部側扁。口為端位,可閉合完全。頜齒單列,尖牙狀,且些微倒勾。部份小型個體在上頜齒內側具有1-2顆較外側齒為大的尖牙。肛門位於魚體體長中央點之前。脊椎骨數140-142。在福馬林或酒精保存液中魚體呈暗褐色,全身及背鰭部位具有許多小白斑塊。顱頂部具有許多此彼此分離的小白斑點。在頭部的後半段、軀幹、尾部的前段和背鰭部位,小白斑分布的密度較高,許多小白斑更匯聚成雪花狀的斑塊。體表白斑塊出現的密度因不同個體而有相當的變異。頜部,口內、頤部或臀鰭上無明顯的白斑分布。臀鰭邊緣明顯呈白色,背鰭和尾鰭的邊緣顏色較黑。嘴角黑色;鰓腔表皮上的皺褶為黑色。頤部和腹部的顏色較淡。活體的顏色特徵大致上和置於保存液中的標本類似,但活存時魚體底色似乎更暗些,白斑塊似乎更明亮些。眼虹彩為黃至褐色。
棲地
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主要棲息在珊瑚岩礁較深層的海底,以底棲性魚類為食。
Gymnothorax niphostigmus: Brief Summary
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Gymnothorax niphostigmus, the snowflake-patched moray, is a moray eel found in the northwest Pacific Ocean around Taiwan. It was first named by Chen, Shao, and Chen in 1996.
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